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today on a day that could not have been a bigger news day any way, today the u.s. supreme court announced that they are going to hear a challenge to the voting rights act. the lead plaintiff in the case is shelby county, alabama. just outside birmingham. they would like the special scrutiny to go away. joining me is the acting president and direct council of the legal defense fund. thank you for joining us tonight. >> it's good to be with you. >> you defended the voting rights act the last time it was challenged in 2009. how serious a threat does this case pose? >> it's a serious threat. any time a core statue is before the supreme court, we need to wake up and focus on it. so we're not happy that the case is back there. we don't think it needed to be there. but we're prepared to defend it as we have successfully in the past. >> is the -- am i right to describe the voting rights act as sort of maximum point of federal leverage over whether or not the states do right in administering our elections? >> i think it's really a core protection. it's a fundamental piece o
today on a day that could not have been a bigger news day any way, today the u.s. supreme court announced that they are going to hear a challenge to the voting rights act. the lead plaintiff in the case is shelby county, alabama. just outside birmingham. they would like the special scrutiny to go away. joining me is the acting president and direct council of the legal defense fund. thank you for joining us tonight. >> it's good to be with you. >> you defended the voting rights act...
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that's four more democratic women in the u.s. senate. among the republicans in the senate, their number of women actually dropped. they went from 5 to 4. in the house, it's the same pattern. as best as we can tell thus far, there are still some things to be decided yet, but the democratic caucus in the house added eight women. there used to be 52 democratic women in the house. in january, there will be 60. on the republican side, though, they went down again. they went from having only 24 women in the house on the republican side to having only 20 women in the house starting in january. so even with there being more republicans in the house than democrats overall, even though democrats are the smaller party overall in the house, democrats now have triple the number of women that the republicans have in that house. nancy pelosi, the leader of the democrats in the house and the first woman to ever be speaker of that body, today she announced that although with every single woman member of her caucus, all 60 of them, that she would put her
that's four more democratic women in the u.s. senate. among the republicans in the senate, their number of women actually dropped. they went from 5 to 4. in the house, it's the same pattern. as best as we can tell thus far, there are still some things to be decided yet, but the democratic caucus in the house added eight women. there used to be 52 democratic women in the house. in january, there will be 60. on the republican side, though, they went down again. they went from having only 24 women...
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only the third female justice in all of u.s. history. >> history was made when elena kagan was sworn in. she will be the court's third woman member. >> president obama is signing the start treaty, one of his key foreign policy goals that cuts arsenals by one-third. more than nine years after the september 11th attacks, first responders who were sickened at ground zero will have federal health benefits. president obama signed the bill on sunday. >> today the president also put pen to paper, signing the repeal of the ban on guys in the military. >> your country needs you, your country wants you, and we will be honored to welcome you into the finest ranks the world has ever known. >> don't ask don't tell, that had been blocked in washington for too long, a e treaty with russia, two women appointed to the supreme court including the first hispanic supreme court justice in this nation's history. all of that was all accomplished in the first two years of his presidency. and then came the 2010 midterms and the house went to the republi
only the third female justice in all of u.s. history. >> history was made when elena kagan was sworn in. she will be the court's third woman member. >> president obama is signing the start treaty, one of his key foreign policy goals that cuts arsenals by one-third. more than nine years after the september 11th attacks, first responders who were sickened at ground zero will have federal health benefits. president obama signed the bill on sunday. >> today the president also put...
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that was why it was such a big deal for the sitting u.s. president to go there. >> over the last several decades, our two countries became strangers. but today i can tell you that we always remain hopeful about the people of this country. about you. you gave us hope and we bore witness to your courage. >> that's president obama speaking on the first ever visit to burma, speaking at yangon university. this is how president obama was greeted in the streets. people lining the streets to see him waving american flags and chanting his name. president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton also visited the pagoda where they walked barefoot, which is a custom of anybody visiting this shrine. this was a serious moment at that site. also for us watching this footage. it's not something that you see e every day rs the president's feet. president obama is the first american president to visit this country. his presence there is a symbol of just how far that country has come in recent months after decades of not. but when she had a chance to addr
that was why it was such a big deal for the sitting u.s. president to go there. >> over the last several decades, our two countries became strangers. but today i can tell you that we always remain hopeful about the people of this country. about you. you gave us hope and we bore witness to your courage. >> that's president obama speaking on the first ever visit to burma, speaking at yangon university. this is how president obama was greeted in the streets. people lining the streets...
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but the competitive u.s. senate race for republican jon kyl's old seat, that seat stayed republican. and yes, the county sheriff who did the whole taxpayer-funded stunt about having his cold case posse uncover the fraud of president obama's birth certificate, that sheriff did get re-elected, barely. last time he won by a 13-point landslide. this time he won by much less than that, but did get re-elected. and that public publicity-hungry arizona sheriff is not the only arizona official who has lately been fixated on the president's birth certificate. the arizona secretary of state this year threatened to keep president obama off the ballot in arizona for this year's election. because, you know, kenya, or whatever. and because that is the record of arizona's secretary of state, the state's current top elections official, i think nobody had very high expectations for him in terms of how well he would do running elections in the state of arizona. and indeed, the arizona elections this year went horribly. and it t
but the competitive u.s. senate race for republican jon kyl's old seat, that seat stayed republican. and yes, the county sheriff who did the whole taxpayer-funded stunt about having his cold case posse uncover the fraud of president obama's birth certificate, that sheriff did get re-elected, barely. last time he won by a 13-point landslide. this time he won by much less than that, but did get re-elected. and that public publicity-hungry arizona sheriff is not the only arizona official who has...
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with the polls where democrats were the winners gaining control of the house of representatives the u.s. senate is a different story. they need the six. they have gained five seats that one race in virginia is still undecided. >> democrats ended up getting six. they one that seat and got the majority in the senate. making sure that didn't happen was his job in 2006. you remember what was going on around that time was the outing of a cia officer. he was hip deep in the scandal and nearly indied with the case. and this year, he has crossroads america and they raised and spent millions of other people's money for this election. i don't know how you tell your donors that we spent $390 million and got nothing. >> those are the republican party campaign arms for the house and senate. he is running things. rove is a problem. heck rove managed to make donald trump angry. rove wanted to be not to be wrong so badly. he wanted to have one big race so badly on election night he became borderline incoherent on fox news saying what was happening was not happening. i realize he is a big repu
with the polls where democrats were the winners gaining control of the house of representatives the u.s. senate is a different story. they need the six. they have gained five seats that one race in virginia is still undecided. >> democrats ended up getting six. they one that seat and got the majority in the senate. making sure that didn't happen was his job in 2006. you remember what was going on around that time was the outing of a cia officer. he was hip deep in the scandal and nearly...
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this is the u.s. state department's annual report on global terrorism in 2003. every year they would put together a report like this detailing accidents of terrorism around the world. and the next report after this one, showed that despite the bush administration's claims that we were winning the war on terror, despite the constant claims, the number of terrorist attacks had gone up to its highest level in the two decades the state department had been publishing this report. what was the bush administration's solution to that problem? the solution was to stop publishing the report. the bush administration just eliminated that annual report once it included something very politically inconvenient. the bush administration had a habit of doing this. if you don't like the data, get rid of the data. earlier they were faced with a new report from their own education department showing that charter school kids were falling behind public school kids. how do you deal with your own administration's data on underperforming charter schools? you cut back on the data that you
this is the u.s. state department's annual report on global terrorism in 2003. every year they would put together a report like this detailing accidents of terrorism around the world. and the next report after this one, showed that despite the bush administration's claims that we were winning the war on terror, despite the constant claims, the number of terrorist attacks had gone up to its highest level in the two decades the state department had been publishing this report. what was the bush...
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the u.s. supreme court today overturned laws on the books for nearly a century and ruled that corporations can spend freely now on political campaigns. those who like this decision say it's a victory for free speech. those who don't say campaigns will now be drowning in cooperate cash and influence. >> the vast majority of the money spent in this election, outside of the political parties and the candidates themselves, came from conservative groups, conservative groups just krishd liberal groups in this election, outspent them 3-1. liberal spend just about as much as they ever have in an election, but once the court made it okay for anybody to spend anything for any reason, the conservative spending went nuts while the liberal spending stayed about the same. now as the election night hangover is just about to wear off, the one thing to know is it didn't work. karl rove, they spent more than $100 million running ads in the general election. some ads supporting candidates all republicans and som
the u.s. supreme court today overturned laws on the books for nearly a century and ruled that corporations can spend freely now on political campaigns. those who like this decision say it's a victory for free speech. those who don't say campaigns will now be drowning in cooperate cash and influence. >> the vast majority of the money spent in this election, outside of the political parties and the candidates themselves, came from conservative groups, conservative groups just krishd liberal...
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nomination on the basis of ambassador rice's role in explaining what happened in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. now nbc's andrea mitchell is reporting tonight that the acting director of the cia is going to be joining ambassador rice in person for that meeting tomorrow with those critical senators. we'll keep you posted if we learn more about this breaking news tonight. but the long and short of this is, number one, the acting cia director getting involved in resolving the factual matters that have been contested by republican senators, and two, we have the strongest signal we have had yet about who the president will likely nominate to replace hillary clinton. the highest profile position in the cabinet, alongside the attorney general, but it's big news in politics and big news in terms of american diplomacy. cabinet nominations are not always fights. but in this case, a susan rice secretary of state nomination is something that some republicans have said they would love to have a big fight over. signs tonight saying the president is not going to be shying away from tha
nomination on the basis of ambassador rice's role in explaining what happened in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. now nbc's andrea mitchell is reporting tonight that the acting director of the cia is going to be joining ambassador rice in person for that meeting tomorrow with those critical senators. we'll keep you posted if we learn more about this breaking news tonight. but the long and short of this is, number one, the acting cia director getting involved in resolving the...
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joining us is the u.s. senator from minnesota who was just elected. it's great to have you here. 35 points, congratulations. >> there you go. i went to every town. i even went to a town with four people. but i met a guy. >> did you follow them home? >> i think when you talk about everything, very focused on i love that you talk about things beyond just the immediate that we can do to get this economy moving again. i do think the the idea of getting out there with the people, the people got engaged in this election. the message was balanced. there's no doubt about it. when you look at the races, heidi heitkamp winning, they rejected a lot of rigid ideology. they said let's get problem solvers to get something done. and i couldn't agree with you more on what we're hearing on the republican side. conservative commentator bill crystal saying this weekend that we should look at it's not going to kill the country to look at raising some of the taxes on millionaires and that we could look at -- he suggested that the republican party should take president oba
joining us is the u.s. senator from minnesota who was just elected. it's great to have you here. 35 points, congratulations. >> there you go. i went to every town. i even went to a town with four people. but i met a guy. >> did you follow them home? >> i think when you talk about everything, very focused on i love that you talk about things beyond just the immediate that we can do to get this economy moving again. i do think the the idea of getting out there with the people,...
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the ratings agency downgraded the u.s. credit rating meaning we'd have to pay more interest on money we wanted to borrow. this was something that had never happened before in american history. this was not a natural occurrence. this was a choice that one side made to cause that problem after they decided that that problem should be avoided. here's how s&p explained their decision to downgrade. "the political brinksmanship highlights america's policymaking becoming less stable" the debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips over fiscal policy." republicans decided they were going to use the full faith and credit of the united states of america as leverage for getting stuff they wanted. and it had concretely negative unprecedented consequences for us as a country. and now apparently this year, the lesson they have decided to take fra from that experience is we should do that again. it's amazing to me. this is from politico.com today. "president obama made a demand of house speaker john boeh
the ratings agency downgraded the u.s. credit rating meaning we'd have to pay more interest on money we wanted to borrow. this was something that had never happened before in american history. this was not a natural occurrence. this was a choice that one side made to cause that problem after they decided that that problem should be avoided. here's how s&p explained their decision to downgrade. "the political brinksmanship highlights america's policymaking becoming less stable" the...
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